When is Hook0 the better choice?

You need webhook-specific features like delivery retries, HMAC signatures, replay defense, and replay from a dashboard or API. You want a managed cloud webhook service but only need one developer, one application, and a very small event stream. Your traffic is bursty in daily terms and staying under 100 events per day matters more than monthly total volume. You want to test a webhook workflow without giving a credit card, and you can live with 7 days of retention. You may later want a self-hosted or dedicated Hook0 path for more control over infrastructure.

When is Hookdeck Event Gateway the better choice?

You want the larger free allowance measured by month, not by day: 10,000 events/month is easier to work with for low-traffic production use. You need more breathing room for discarded requests, since the free tier includes 100,000 discarded requests per month. You care about a smoother team handoff, because the next step up is a clearly priced $39/month plan with unlimited users. You want a free plan that already includes observability basics like logs, metrics, and issue tracking for failed deliveries and backpressure. You are likely to outgrow the free tier into a paid team plan, and want a simpler price ladder before enterprise.

Hook0 vs Hookdeck Event Gateway: Free Tier Comparison

Q: How much does Hook0 cost after the free tier?

Startup - €59 /mo excl. VAT. Hook0’s paid cloud plans are usage-based on top of a fixed monthly fee: Startup is €59/mo with €0.003 per extra event, and Pro is €190/mo with €0.0001 per extra event. Hookdeck’s public paid ladder is flatter for the next step: Developer stays $0, Team starts at $39/mo, and Growth starts at $499/mo, with enterprise sold separately. For most small teams, Hookdeck is cheaper once they need more than the free tier’s basics, while Hook0 can be economical if usage stays modest and you value webhook-specific features.

Q: How much does Hookdeck Event Gateway cost after the free tier?

Team - Starts at $39 /month. Hook0’s paid cloud plans are usage-based on top of a fixed monthly fee: Startup is €59/mo with €0.003 per extra event, and Pro is €190/mo with €0.0001 per extra event. Hookdeck’s public paid ladder is flatter for the next step: Developer stays $0, Team starts at $39/mo, and Growth starts at $499/mo, with enterprise sold separately. For most small teams, Hookdeck is cheaper once they need more than the free tier’s basics, while Hook0 can be economical if usage stays modest and you value webhook-specific features.

Quick answer

Hookdeck Event Gateway - Hookdeck Event Gateway wins for most builders who want a simple, low-commitment free tier with a smoother path to paid team usage, while Hook0 wins if you need a much larger event budget and more webhook-specific controls inside the free plan.

How the free tiers compare

These two free tiers solve adjacent problems, but they feel different in practice. Hook0 is a webhook delivery platform first: its free plan gives you managed hosting, retries, HMAC signatures, replay tooling, and a small but real event cap of 100 events per day. It is better when you are testing a webhook-heavy integration or want the smallest possible starter footprint with no card required. Hookdeck Event Gateway is more generous on monthly volume, with 10,000 events per month, 100,000 discarded requests, 3-day retention, 1 user, and 5 events per second per project. Its paid path is also easier to understand for small teams, starting at $39/month. If you are choosing a free tier to validate usage before buying, Hookdeck is usually the cleaner default unless daily event delivery volume is the main constraint.

Hook0 vs Hookdeck Event Gateway free tier, side by side

	Hook0FTV 68	Hookdeck Event GatewayFTV 69
Free events limitHook0 blocks extra events; Hookdeck free is monthly.	Up to 100 events per day	10,000 events per month
Data retentionHook0 keeps data longer on free.	7 days	3 days
Users or developersDifferent terminology, similar single-person starter limit.	1 developer	1 user
Core object limitHook0 exposes more webhook-shaping limits in the free plan.	1 application, 10 event types, 10 subscriptions	Not specified in free tier
ThroughputOnly Hookdeck gives a stated throughput cap.	Not specified	5 events per second per project
Discarded requestsThis is a specific free-tier allowance on Hookdeck.	Not specified	100,000 discarded requests per month
Credit card requiredBoth products explicitly say no credit card is required.	No	No

After you outgrow the free tier

Hook0’s paid cloud plans are usage-based on top of a fixed monthly fee: Startup is €59/mo with €0.003 per extra event, and Pro is €190/mo with €0.0001 per extra event. Hookdeck’s public paid ladder is flatter for the next step: Developer stays $0, Team starts at $39/mo, and Growth starts at $499/mo, with enterprise sold separately. For most small teams, Hookdeck is cheaper once they need more than the free tier’s basics, while Hook0 can be economical if usage stays modest and you value webhook-specific features.

Hook0 next stepStartup - €59 /mo excl. VATUsage-based

Hookdeck Event Gateway next stepTeam - Starts at $39 /monthFlat monthly

Cost at real usage

Usage	Hook0	Hookdeck Event Gateway
10,000 events/moHook0 does not publish a direct monthly event price at this tier, so this is only the base plan comparison.	~€59/mo ($59)	$0/mo
100,000 events/moHook0 overage is €0.003/event on Startup and €0.0001/event on Pro. Exact total depends on how much is above plan allowance.	~€59/mo + overages on Startup, or €190/mo on Pro with lower overage rate	$39/mo on Team
1,000,000 events/moHookdeck does not publish a self-serve price for this scale in the provided data.	At least €190/mo on Pro plus overages, or contact sales for dedicated/enterprise options	Contact sales / plan likely insufficient from published tiers

Estimates, not quotes. Usage-based rates change - verify with the vendor's pricing page before committing.

When to pick each one

Pick Hook0 when…

You need webhook-specific features like delivery retries, HMAC signatures, replay defense, and replay from a dashboard or API.
You want a managed cloud webhook service but only need one developer, one application, and a very small event stream.
Your traffic is bursty in daily terms and staying under 100 events per day matters more than monthly total volume.
You want to test a webhook workflow without giving a credit card, and you can live with 7 days of retention.
You may later want a self-hosted or dedicated Hook0 path for more control over infrastructure.

Pick Hookdeck Event Gateway when…

You want the larger free allowance measured by month, not by day: 10,000 events/month is easier to work with for low-traffic production use.
You need more breathing room for discarded requests, since the free tier includes 100,000 discarded requests per month.
You care about a smoother team handoff, because the next step up is a clearly priced $39/month plan with unlimited users.
You want a free plan that already includes observability basics like logs, metrics, and issue tracking for failed deliveries and backpressure.
You are likely to outgrow the free tier into a paid team plan, and want a simpler price ladder before enterprise.

Bottom line

For most builders, Hookdeck Event Gateway is the easier free-tier choice because it gives more room by month, a clearer first paid step, and a path that suits small teams. Hook0 is the better pick if your main problem is webhook delivery mechanics rather than raw volume, especially if you want retries, signatures, and replay tooling in a managed service. If you expect to hit a lot of webhook events quickly, Hook0’s daily cap is tighter, but its webhook-specific free feature set is deeper.

Read the full listings: Hook0 and Hookdeck Event Gateway. Scores use the FTV methodology at /ftv. Browse more head-to-heads on /compare, or see the top-ranked free tiers on /top.